[NTLUG:Discuss] SCSI problems - (Was: aic7xxx: infinite...)

[Richard Cobbe]

Lo, on Tuesday, 2 May, 2000, Steve Baker did write:

> Buddy Brannan wrote:
>  
> > I'm not sure if the drive is bad, the cable is bad, or the SCSI card is
> > bad. The card is an Adaptec 2906 (AIC7XXX) card.
> 
> Well, if your symptoms are similar to mine, it could be a kernel bug
> in 2.2.14.

Possible, but unlikely.  I have an Adaptec 2940U2W, which also uses the
AIC7xxx driver; I'm running kernel 2.2.14 and have been for a while.  The
SCSI card works fine, my primary HD is hanging off it.

It's been so long since I last burned a disk, though, that I don't remember
if it was before the upgrade.  I suspect that it was AFTER I installed
2.2.14, but don't quote me on that.  However, I have a Yamaha CDRW of a
brand that nobody's mentioned here, and it was a seamless install [1], so I
can't really provide more help.

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[1] Well, ok, after I got a driver for the SCSI card that wouldn't kernel
panic when probing the bus on boot; this was back on kernel 2.2.5 or
whatever that didn't have the aic7xxx drivers included....

Richard